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Mandolin Practice Plan

This document outlines a daily mandolin practice plan that includes preparing for practice by selecting songs and setting up equipment, working on musicianship techniques like scales and arpeggios, learning new songs and refining existing songs, developing music theory and ear training skills, and practicing performance materials.

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Mandolin Practice Plan

This document outlines a daily mandolin practice plan that includes preparing for practice by selecting songs and setting up equipment, working on musicianship techniques like scales and arpeggios, learning new songs and refining existing songs, developing music theory and ear training skills, and practicing performance materials.

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Daily Mandolin Practice Plan

PREPARE FOR PRACTICE


Narrow the broad range down. Determine which songs I really want to
practic
Pick 3 of them to practice the most (songs that stick in my head and I
like)
Pick 3 more that will vary, alternate practice days on each one for variety
Tune up Mandolin (Guitar Tuna -mandolin tuning app
Practice area setup - songs I will practice on music stands, ready to go.
Set a daily practice schedule (Andante app
MUSICIAN'S TECHNIQUE
*Choose 1 or 2, variations on notes and tempo (Mandolin Scale
Essentials app
Scales
Arpeggios*
Pentatonic Scales*
Mandolin Left-Right hand techniques (chords, strumming, picking)
Hand stretches to Relax-Fan hand (stretch and release, repeat) etc.
NEW SONGS
Repeated Listening to Songs I want to play
Divide Song into Sections
Practice Dif cult parts, get it right
Slow Tempo, practice correctly, don't rush it (Anytune app
DEVELOPING SONGS ALREADY PRACTICING
Re ne Quality of Playing
Practice Dif cult Parts
Increase Tempo Slowly by 5-10 bpm (Anytune app
Memorize section by section
MUSICIANSHIP
Music notation sight reading-Know Basics, learn mor
Music Theory- Know Basics, learn more
Learn by Ear Training -Listen to Last or 1st note for Key (Earpeggio app
Learn about Improvising -Use the notes of the major/minor scale or arpeggios when playing against that
major chord. With pentatonic scales, You are safe in playing any of the pentatonic scale notes with EVERY
CHORD in that key.
Repeated Listening to the songs I want to play
Studying the dif cult parts
PERFORMANCE MATERIAL
Practice performing - Record Yourself and Listen Objectively (Anytune app
Maintain memory by practicing songs I want to play the most more often
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